suscipere

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /susˈki.pe.re/, [s̠ʊs̠ˈkɪpɛrɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /suʃˈʃi.pe.re/, [suʃˈʃiːpere]

Verb

suscipere

1. present active infinitive of suscipiō (to take)
   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Tobiae.3.18:

     virum autem cum timore tuo non libidine mea consensi suscipere

     But a husband I consented to take, with thy fear, not with my lust.

2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative of suscipiō